I'm against the privatization of the prison system. Prisons are necessary but allowing a profit motive and the ability to make political donations to possibly steer policy is foolish. What next Haliburton or Blackwater running your Police and Fire Departments ?
I wonder which academia professor there started this nonsense.
The students, being the customers of the College, have nothing to say about how the College invests its money. They are customers not a Board of Control. Just like any other customer they can react by taking their business elsewhere if they want but thats about it.
...the five plaintiffs in this latest lawsuit are taking a new tack: They're more than just students — all of them have donated money to the school in the past year.
Now that's an interesting idea. Very lawyerly, but shelling out a few bucks and then suing most likely still isn't going to work. I can see the counter argument - "If you don't like the investments then don't invest."
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There shouldnt be a prison "industry". Industries need to create business. With prison as an industry, more people will be in prison.
Investments in prisons? My, is this a foreshadow of the future or a signal that a portion of the population is an expendable profit motive?
I'm against the privatization of the prison system. Prisons are necessary but allowing a profit motive and the ability to make political donations to possibly steer policy is foolish. What next Haliburton or Blackwater running your Police and Fire Departments ?
Harvard has a $40.9 Billion endowment. I'm all for the students, though I can't place a wager on them winning.
Nonprofit my ass!
I support the students on this.
I wonder which academia professor there started this nonsense.
The students, being the customers of the College, have nothing to say about how the College invests its money. They are customers not a Board of Control. Just like any other customer they can react by taking their business elsewhere if they want but thats about it.
This country is still free ..... mostly ......
Now that's an interesting idea. Very lawyerly, but shelling out a few bucks and then suing most likely still isn't going to work. I can see the counter argument - "If you don't like the investments then don't invest."